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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 6, Pot 4
NON-PLASTICS: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown (10YR 5/4); organic residue at the lip
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown (10YR 5/4); organic residue on the rim and body, as well as on the lip
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): N/A
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.2
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4 liters
DECORATION: The rim has four sets of large engraved circles that have smaller engraved diamonds within them, similar to that element as seen on Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney vessels, but this vessel does not have engraved pendant triangles. Rather, there are upper and lower rectangular engraved fill zones on either side of the large engraved circles, and a single horizontal engraved lines connecting the sets of engraved circles.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified
Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 6, Pot 4.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/422/